with this one, and mod flags/edits would be combined to the same number? e.g. Super User (13)? Or even differentiate? Like inbox notifications would be plain number, and mod flags/edits would have an asterisk (or some other symbol)? e.g. Super User (2, 3*)

Of course, it would also be nice if it auto-refreshed, without any user interaction.

That's the dashboard I was refering to. I like the number staying there. I'm not opposed to having it auto-refresh, but I think it works best when it's just there, and not on every page.
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Grace Note♦Mar 21 '11 at 19:15

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We have had (n) notification of chat messages, with (*) accentuating pings, for a long time now.

A while ago we got similar notifications of activity on the sites themselves (excluding SO).

We get updates to votes, rep, the multicollider (in fact I got one as I was writing this), and probably other things (most, I believe, after this feature request was originally made). There are so many live updates now that I don't think it would be much trouble to add a flag notification too.

As for the nature of the flag notification, I'm not all that picky. I'm not so concerned about suggested edits, though including them would be great. Simply updating the flag count on the info bar would be a good start, but it would be much better to include the page title notification, especially a (*) or, as Gilles mentioned, a (♦) for mod flags to differentiate it from the normal page updates. This could be on either just the homepage, just the mod page (as Grace Note suggested), or all pages (any combination, really). It could be available to 10ks or just mods. It could be disabled on SO (or the whole trilogy if they don't want that many).

Bottom line: I humbly request flags be added to the ever growing list of things for which we get live updates, preferably with an accompanying title notification.